Samuel goulden



(No Model.)

\ S. GOULDEN.

BIGYVGLE BELL.

No. 591,599. Patented 001;. 12, 1897K UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

SAMUEL GOULDEN, OF NEWARK, NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IYIALF TO EDWARDZUSI, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 591,599, dated October12, 1897.

Application iiled June 7, 1897. Serial No. 639,721 (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GOULDEN, a British subject, residing atNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedacertain new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Bells, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This improvement relates to that class of bells in which revolvinghammers are employed in connection with a' pushing device to operate thesame; and its Objectis to provide a bell of this class that can becheaply made, easily operated, and not likely to get out'of order.

To these ends the invention consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described,and then definitely claimed at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is y a plan of a bell constructedaccording to my improvement with the gong removed. Fig. 2 is a similarplan with the parts in another position and with parts represented asbroken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical centralsectionof the bell. Fig. 4 is asectional elevation' i'li detail of the bell-striker.

Referring now to the details of the draw/ings by numerals, 1 is aflanged base having a small slot 2 formed in the langeLa larger curvedslot 3 in its bottom, studs/4 and 5 fast inthe bottom, and in the centera post 6 for carrying the gong 7 and Whose lower end serves as a rivetfor attaching the upper half of the clamp 8 to the base. l

Working through the slot 2 is a pusher 9, having at one end apush-button 10', at the other a curved slot 11, and in its centerV astraight slot 12, through which the post 5 passes and serves as a guideto the pusher.

Pivoted on the stud 3 is a segmental rackplate 13, having a slot 14 anda headed pin 15 fast therein, which pin passes up through the slot 3,formed in the base, and through the slot 11 in the pusher 9. A spiralspring 1G has one end caught in a hole 17 in the rackplate 13, and itsother end hooks into a hole in a projection 17', punched in from theflange ot' the base.

The rack 18 on plate 13 meshes with a pinion 19 (see Fig. 2) beneath`the gear 20, said pinion and gear being rigidly connected and workingon the stud 5. The gear 2O meshes with a pinion 21 (see Fig. 2) beneaththe hammer-carrier 22, said pinion and carrier being rigidly connected,so as to revolve together on the post 6. AAbove the hammer-carrier is aspiral spring 23 to keep the carrier from shaking and rattling.

On the hammer carrier are two small weights or hammers 24, each of whichis hollow to contain a spring 25 and has a stud 26, which passes througha slot 27 in one of the arms of the hammer-carrier and is upset orriveted to holda retaining-washer 28. Between the spring 25 and thecarrier-arm is another washer 29. vents all noise from the shaking ofthe bell when the bicycle is in motion and the bell silent, yet willallow of the weights easily sliding on the carrier-arms.

`The position of the parts is normally like that shown in Fig. 1; butwhen it is desired to operate the bell the pusher is driven in,

which causes the near Wall of the slot 11 to pushY against the pin 15and thus lcause the parts to assume the position shown in Fig. 2. Aslthe parts pass from one position to the other the'rack operates thepinion 19, thus driving the gear 20, which in turn gives motion to thehammer-carrier through the pinion 21. When pressure on the pusher isstopped, the spring 16 retracts the rack to its former position andmotion is again given to the hammer-carrier, but in a reverse direction.This will be found to be a very convenient construction ofl bell, as themain parts can be readily struck up out of sheet metal, and by the useof the headed pin the pusher and rackfplate are kept in their properplace,

while the arrangement of the springs within Vthe hammerweights,althoughallowing a very easy movement of the weights, will keep them fromrattling through accidental shaking.

What I claim as new is y 1. In a bell, the combination of a slottedbase, a pusher, a gong, and a hammer-carrier with a segmental rack-plateprovided with a pin passing through said pusher and into the Thisarrangement pre- IOO slot in the base, and intermediate gearing betweenthe rack and the haminer-earrier, substantially as described.

2. In a bell, the combination of a base having a curved slot, a pusherhaving a slot arranged at an angle to the slot in the base, a pivotedrack-plate Carrying a headed piu Working in the slots in the pusher andbase7 a hammer-carrier, a gong on which the hain- Io mer operates, andintermediate gearing,r bein the presence of two Witnesses, this 5th dayi of June, 1897.

SAMUEL GOULDEN.

XVi tn esses CATHERINE E. TATE, FRANCIS J. SWAYZE.

